Category Archives: John

(John 17:22-23 ESV)  22 The glory that you have given me I have given to them, that they may be one even as we are one,  23 I in them and you in me, that they may become perfectly one, … Continue reading →

(John 17:17 ESV)  17 “Sanctify them in the truth; your word is truth.” “Sanctify” means to make holy. But that’s not a particularly helpful translation. The NET Bible translators comment —

(John 17:1-2 ESV) When Jesus had spoken these words, he lifted up his eyes to heaven, and said, “Father, the hour has come; glorify your Son that the Son may glorify you, 2 since you have given him authority over … Continue reading →

(John 16:12-13 ESV) 12 “I still have many things to say to you, but you cannot bear them now.  13 When the Spirit of truth comes, he will guide you into all the truth, for he will not speak on … Continue reading →

(John 15:26 ESV)  26 “But when the Helper comes, whom I will send to you from the Father, the Spirit of truth, who proceeds from the Father, he will bear witness about me.” Why is the Spirit the Spirit of … Continue reading →

(John 15:18 ESV)  18 “If the world hates you, know that it has hated me before it hated you.” Well, that doesn’t sound like any fun at all. Who wants to be hated? But, of course, the more we’re like … Continue reading →

(John 15:8 ESV)  8 By this my Father is glorified, that you bear much fruit and so prove to be my disciples. What brings glory to God? Jesus’ disciples’ bearing fruit. Why? Well, because the fruit is from God, via … Continue reading →

(John 15:3 ESV)  3 “Already you are clean because of the word that I have spoken to you.” This seems foreign to the context. What does “clean” have to do with the Vine? Well, Jesus had just said that those … Continue reading →

(John 15:1-2 ESV) “I am the true vine, and my Father is the vinedresser.  2 Every branch in me that does not bear fruit he takes away, and every branch that does bear fruit he prunes, that it may bear … Continue reading →

(John 14:27 ESV)  27 “Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. Not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your hearts be troubled, neither let them be afraid.” The NET Bible translators … Continue reading →